References

The objective of the framework contract is to provide expertise, via individual
assignments, which can be mobilised at short notice. The contractor shall provide the human and material resources necessary to provide the following services (non-exhaustive list):

• identifying and deploying external Conflict Prevention, Mediation and Dialogue

experts, be that in Brussels or to the field, to support the EU;

• engaging in knowledge management, including conflict analyses, lessons-learned studies and workshops, development and publication of best practices and guidelines;
• training and internal capacity-building in connection with mediation- and dialogue-related tasks and situation awareness for EEAS staff at headquarters, EU deployed in missions and heads of delegations and their staff.

The “Sustainability Pathways for EU-Brazil Business Ties” project aims to strengthen the EU’s bilateral and multilateral engagement with Brazil on external impacts of EU Green Deal policies and regulatory frameworks with emphasis on the deforestation regulation.

The project aims to support the European Commission in improving the quality of performance, institutional learning and accountability for a better targeted and more sustainable impact of EU external action. It provides a number of services which, together, aim at reinforcing the quality of programming, intervention design, monitoring, reporting and evaluation processes within DG INTPA and DG NEAR.
The targeted units are INTPA.D4 and NEAR.A4, responsible, among other aspects, of performance, results and evaluation.

The Forests for the Future Facility (F4) provides strategic and technical support to the European Commission and to partner countries, to improve the number, quality and effectiveness of EU interventions in the forest-relevant sectors.

The overall objective of the project of which this contract will be a part is as follows:
To conduct independent and objective monitoring activities of EU Priority projects implemented in various regions in Somalia funded under the EUTF funding instruments. (A list of ongoing EUTF projects is attached and those most likely to be monitored are indicated.).

The overall objective (Impact) to which this action contributes to is to strengthen civic resilience
and grassroots democracy in the Eastern Partnership.
The specific objective (Outcome) of this contract is to improve the quality and effectiveness of EU
support to civil society through continuous monitoring and analysis of EU-funded civil society
projects.

The overall objective of the project "Strengthening the national regional linkages in SADC (SNRL)" is to support the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in its efforts to promote regional integration in the member states (MS) for the benefit of the population in the SADC region.
In particular, it supports SADC and its MS on implementing Chapter 5 of the RISDP focusing on the strategic management objectives of the RISDP. By strengthening SADC as a regional organization and by supporting the implementation of the regional agenda RISDP, the SNRL project aims to facilitate the regional integration in the SADC region

The monitoring and evaluation technical services to be mobilized under the present multi-sector action aim to continue assessing the extent to which the strategic objectives of the EUTF are being achieved. The contract builds on the existing Monitoring and Evaluation (hereafter M&E) system put in place by the Fund in December 2016 and serves to complement the regular M&E activities carried out by the EUTF operational team at headquarters as well as the internal monitoring conducted by EUTF local officers, at country level.
In particular, the contract serves:
I. To provide evidence-based knowledge on progresses achieved by EU Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian
Crisis (EUTF Syria) financed projects, and to inform on their management, through regular and ad-hoc Results Oriented Monitoring (ROM);
II. To measure the effectiveness of EUTF actions, through centralized data collection and analysis, based on
disaggregated quarterly Results Reporting;
III. To evaluate the sustainability, efficiency and effectiveness of EUTF-funded programmes at thematic and
geographic level and to assess potential prospects of impact, through portfolio evaluations.

The overall objective of the contract is to boost a sustainable blue economy through improved donor coordination, enhanced evidence-based policy dialogue and more effective cooperation.

The overall objective of the project is to promote sustainable and inclusive development by strengthening the cooperation and partnership dialogue between the European Union (EU), its Member States and the Republic of Kenya.
It will contribute to the implementation of the European Joint Cooperation Strategy with Kenya 2018-2022, which builds on Kenya’s own development strategy, notably the Vision 2030, the Third Medium-Term Plan (MTP III) and the Political Manifesto of the current Jubilee government, the “Big Four Agenda”. It will also contribute to the United Nations Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, to effective financing for development and to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) implementation capacity.